Hated to see lovie go but am excited about trestman…that being said it really hurts toub and marinelli left since special teams and defense has always won games for us. I think babich and drake should have been kept but everyone else needed to go. Is it April yet?

Jay Cutler should ask Jason Campbell what it is like to have a new OC every year of your career? Campbell has first hand experience.
Just remind Tressman that the motion rules differ in the NFL from the CFL.

Deb says:Jan 17, 2013 10:43 PM

From what’s known about Trestman, I don’t think Cutler will take issue with any of his decisions … unless he brings in Tebow. And after watching the lunacy in New York, you couldn’t blame any NFL QB who’s serious about focusing on a championship for not wanting to be caught up in that media sideshow.

It’s too bad about Bates…he called the plays when Cutler threw for 4500+ in 2008. Tice was such a horrible and dysfunctional OC. Lovie gives Tice the reins eventhough he has never called a play in his entire life. From there Tice has Bates design both the running and passing game plans each..presumably so Tice can work on the sieve we call an oline that he has been in charge of for 3 years and players he picked did not improve 1 bit over the time… So instead of letting Bates call the plays since he designed the game plans Tice does it himself because Tice wants to use the OC position to jump into a HC position again so he can scalp more tickets But see Tice again has never called plays..but he can read…so while he may know/understand each individual word/play…he can’t form ANY sentences with them (e.g. coherent offense)…so we get what we get..hot garbage that Tice and Lovie call an offense…so Lovie and Tice deserved to get fired but Bates probably didn’t.

The Chicago Bears are trying to bring REAL change to the team and
to do that Bates and the rest of the
Lovie staff needed to go. NOW Trestman can bring in his Staff so they can teach the system to the players. AND just to be fair to the players who wanna play the new system Emery should get rid of anybody who dont. I call them the
LOVIE LOVERS

metalhead65 says:Jan 17, 2013 11:42 PM

the only thing trestman has to do to make Cutler an elite qb is give him protection and run a NFL offense,something he has never had in Chicago.

metalhead65 says:Jan 17, 2013 11:49 PM

which coach is it that Cutler got fired? shanahan? he was let go because his defense sucked,Cutler had his best years under him why would have him fired? mcdaniels? he was in over his head and got canned because of it. he and Cutler never got along because he lied to Jay. it was not because he was trying trade him but because he lied about it. I would have loved to seen any of the elite qb’s play 1 game behind that line and with the play calling Cutler has had and see what their stats would have been had they made it thru the whole game.

larryboodry says:Jan 17, 2013 11:50 PM

mjkelly77 says: Jan 17, 2013 10:52 PM

“Bears. Who cares?”

Actually lots of us do…Since you don’t, feel free to post elsewhere.

mcdeez22 says:Jan 17, 2013 11:52 PM

Bears have had some of the best LBs in football for a long while. How does Babich get canned? Sad to see him, Toub, and Marinelli go. I’m a little afraid that The Bears are cleaning house for the sole reason of cleaning house.

ninerfan94954 says:Jan 18, 2013 12:18 AM

An incompetent ill prepared coaching staff can make you look foolish…just ask the York’s. A competent well prepared coaching staff can make you look like a bloody genius….just ask the York’s.

evoxy says:Jan 18, 2013 1:48 AM

Good lord, this Cutler-bashing just never stops. Cutler already said he didn’t think Bates was staying (many, many days ago), but has said again and again he is very excited about the changes that are coming.

I keep reading about these supposedly deep character flaws with Cutler, but I have yet to see him actually exhibit any of them. But, so goes the ‘logic’ of those meatball fans who treat what some sports “analyst” throws out as pure gospel.

tommytd says:Jan 18, 2013 3:16 AM

New brooms sweep clean!

tommytd says:Jan 18, 2013 3:20 AM

Wherever he ends up, he needs to figure out how to convert from the 1-yard line! Yikes…

Now lets get rid of that Tampa 2
defense and start running a 3-4 like the rest of the NFL. Urlacher if you
dont like it the door aint locked. Emery is about to bring Chicago into
2013 and out of the 80’s

charlescub80 says:Jan 18, 2013 10:15 AM

Hahaaa… The cutler bashing is so ignorant! It’s my turn to be a meathead….. It’s Cutlers fault! Now I feel better.

butkusrules says:Jan 18, 2013 1:18 PM

What coach did Cutler ever bash? Josh McDaniels? McDaniels lied to Cutlers face about trying to go after Cassel. I would bash him too.

The way these articles are phrasing everything related to Cutler is inaccurate and the one of the reason why Herm Edwards said recently that the media unfairly criticizes Cutler.

damadgreek says:Jan 18, 2013 1:34 PM

I heard Lovie just hired Babich as assistant head coach/leaf raker for the next season.

larryboodry says:Jan 18, 2013 1:51 PM

I love the way this article invites negative comments on Cutler, not by reporting something he’s done, but by predicting something he might ‘possibly’ do, even if you know he has already addressed the issue by saying he didn’t expect Bates to return.